Leicester City FC: club goes cashless to reduce queues at the King Power Stadium in 2019-20

"Queueing times for supporters are set to be significantly reduced as King Power Stadium (32,262 capacity) completes the transition to cashless concourses for the 2019-20 season," announced Leicester City FC on 26/08/2019.

"Over 80% of kiosks in general admission areas at King Power Stadium were cashless last season, as part of a phased approach to improving the speed of service for supporters attending fixtures," said the club, adding that from the club's game versus AFC Bournemouth (Matchday 4 of the 2019-20 Premier League season) on Saturday 31/08/2019 (kick-off at 15:00 local time, 16:00 CET), "kiosks will accept credit and debit cards for Chip & PIN, as well as contactless payments under £30."

"With King Power Stadium regularly sold out, cutting down concourse queuing times pre-match and at half-time has been a focus for the club and its food and beverage providers. The introduction of cashless tills to the majority of kiosks last season served to considerable reduce average waiting times, as well as improving security. It is intended that with these further enhancements for…